Infernup's Ablazummon

danga 2024-04-15 13:03

This game is good! I love the theme and all the visuals are great. The music fits perfectly. It took me a couple tries to realize that my score is how many humans I get on the platform - and shortly after had the realization that I spent all my humans on score and couldn't escape the lava. That risk/reward incentive is great.

I think an indicator of how far you can place/collect humans would go far, and maybe not being able to accidentally collect the ones you've placed.

Loved it though, nice job!

oddballdave 2024-04-15 13:12

Yea, this is a great entry. Graphics and sound are top notch. I found the gameplay a little hard. I didn't get very high on the leaderboard. I enjoyed it a lot though. Great stuff :8ball:

digitaliliad 2024-04-15 17:05

Heavy metal! Or, I guess, molten rock and burning humans. Incredible entry, so much fun. Thanks for sharing! <3

adam-konig 2024-04-15 21:51

The falling humans were both adorable and horrifying that was awesome excellent entry!

saryah 2024-04-16 11:50

Love tower sinking games like this, and the twist mechanic of the summoning dudes is awesome!

funnypumpkin 2024-04-16 12:21

Love it! Great soundtrack, amazing concept which is also well implemented!

bananplyte 2024-04-16 13:17

Loved it!! Absolutely banger!

sariiger 2024-04-16 13:47

Really fun and addictive game! Managed to make it to top 8 as of now. May grind it some more later.highscoreinfenral.png

colisan 2024-04-16 13:50

@sariiger you're actually top 1 of "players excluding my viewers during the dev stream", well played! My own score is not that far up 👀💦

sariiger 2024-04-16 14:17

@colisan hearing that motivated me to grind the game a little more, and I managed to get it! 600 is still really far away though. highscoreinfernal.png

substain 2024-04-16 15:29

very cool idea! sometimes absorbing / summoning feels imprecise due to the grid snapping. I'm also unsure if I like the current way the scoring is done - I think it favors good starting positions which are random. It might be cool if it gave increasing points if a sacrifice is made higher on the screen. But yeah, its a pretty well polished game, especially for compo. I also like the synergies between falling humans, absorbing and sacrificing. Well done!

colisan 2024-04-16 16:39

@sariiger I was about to comment that managed to top your 358 score... I but seems like I didn't enough :joy:

schwede 2024-04-16 17:16

Glad you joined the stream and shared your game, hope you enjoyed it! Impressive work—wishing you all the best in the competition!

stanov 2024-04-16 21:22

Thanks for stopping by at my stream, sorry for playing the game just for a moment.

I would appreciate an ingame tutorial teaching me the mechanics.

It looks clever, the people platforms look like a great idea :)

domenixius 2024-04-16 21:27

Really awesome game with a lot of love put into it! I loved the different animations for the humans falling! I had a small issue where there was a constellation of platforms plus altars that made it basically impossible for me to get to the next level without having like 20 corpses at the ready. I would have liked to maybe also be rewarded a little bit for height gained instead of just through the alters? The corpses linking together was absolutely sick I loved it!

james-greenleaf 2024-04-16 21:36

Really well made game. Took me a second to understand the mechanics, but when it clicked it was a lot of fun. Pretty difficult too! Appreciate that you added keybind options and a high score list!

trogdor-20x6 2024-04-16 21:36

Would be nice to have mouse/keys as alternative menu controls. Just have them all work, I think. I really like the subtle heat effect. Scoreboard is neat, I was surprised. You should be able to opt out, though. Animations are very cute, and I like the buildable human graphics. It might be good to have a max number of humans, so you're forced to use them as you go. I would like to be able to walk through the altars. Very fun once you get the hang of it!

parkuhrmd 2024-04-16 21:38

Very fun and original game! Sorry I sucked so hard when playing it on stream :)

sobigdrasil 2024-04-16 22:53

Found this game through the Tobugis stream. It looks pretty fun and cute but for some reason i got all the worst levels (i couldn't reach some lvls because of the altar) and humans that were falling from sky didn't wont to jump into my pocket :') But it's so impressive that you did it on your own, amazing job

godknows 2024-04-17 07:53

Nice game! I immediately changed the jump key to space. It’s great that there are control settings.

sariiger 2024-04-17 10:07

I've had an issue with the game not accepting my username anymore, it said the name was already taken. So unfortunately I'm taking up 2 space on the leaderboard now. I don't know if you can manually delete my lower score. Also, I'm coming for Nasth.

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colisan 2024-04-17 10:14

@sariiger The usernames are claimed by IP, yours must have changed :thinking: Do as much duplicata as you need, I'll keep the leaderboard clean as it goes =)

Congrats on the 600+, you're on fire! :fire: I'll tryhard a bit today I think :eyes:

sariiger 2024-04-17 10:28

@colisan Maybe the router was restarted or something then. And thank you! Good luck with your climb today!

Also it's crazy how simple yet how addicting this game is.

2024-04-17 10:36

@Sariiger Damn! I just managed to beat my pb throught sweat and tears and you immediately put me up to a challenge? I created an account only to reply to your declaration of war, know that it didn't go unnoticed.. hehehe... :trophy:

This game is too addictive for my own good, 20/10 :fire:

thekatmol 2024-04-17 15:18

Very fun and challenging! Controls are a bit confusing though

josang1567 2024-04-17 17:35

Amazing game! The sprites are absolutely stunning, and the gameplay offers a satisfying level of challenge. It's truly an immersive experience that keet me playing from start until I lost

andreadbx 2024-04-18 21:56

Very nice game with an intresting idea, the fact that you did this in a compo is remarkable! the controls are weird at first, but once you get used to feel natural!

zimny11 2024-04-19 21:20

Just wow! I'm kind of worried I found myself a new addiction :D All, game mechanics, art style, controls and music are super well polished. The only thing that feels a bit off is having the range limit on marker to gather humans. It is probably necessary for game balance, but... maybe if there was an outline of the area in which player can move it? But it might also look ugly (make the screen too busy), so not sure about that. Amazing game! 10/10!

colisan 2024-04-19 22:02

> @zimny11 : maybe if there was an outline of the area in which player can move it?

Already done in the WIP post-jam version :grin:

rincs 2024-04-20 15:00

I made improvements over a short amount of time, and garnered myself a whopping 28. Heck yess. I love how the humans stack onto each other, I think it's funny. XD

EDIT: Post jam, I have made it TOP SCORE. Screenshot 2024-04-21 000618.png

2024-04-20 21:47

I gave the post-jam update a try and your improvements on it really are top notch! The overall feeling is being greatly magnified by the ability to hover the summoning portal over the character and by the jump boost on altars (which made me die so much in the previous version). Keep up the good work :muscle:

In case anyone needs inspiration to grind the leaderboards, here are my PB runs :grin:

JAM ver. : https://youtu.be/nbb_uO25YrI Post-JAM ver. : https://youtu.be/ZL_WyGf3odE

ategon 2024-04-21 13:38

Thanks for submitting your game to the stream! If you wanted to watch it again in the future heres the vod of the stream (with a chapter for your game)

https://youtu.be/25pr3bVYXnk

And I'm the host for the ludum dare score chasers tournament this Ludum Dare. Wanted to ask if youre fine if I put some gameplay of the game in an intermission video. Last year for reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_eIvjBmIQ

colisan 2024-04-21 16:04

> @ategon : Wanted to ask if youre fine if I put some gameplay of the game in an intermission video

Sure, with pleasure, do what you want! Thanks again for playing it, glad you liked :grin:

ungarblapp 2024-04-21 18:17

Just perfect! Great Work!

kujoen 2024-04-21 18:43

Incredibly addicting and fun stuff. I wish I could think of feedback but in its current state is just a blast. Great work!

coleslaughter 2024-04-22 23:49

[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2124979046?t=05h14m22s)

I definitely would've played for longer if we weren't already nearing the end of stream. I always appreciate a good risk/reward traversal mechanic. :thumbsup:

colisan 2024-04-24 14:49

I don't know where to notify that to you guys, but are you aware that @Nestral is training on the jam version ([leaderboard here](https://loveteit.fr/lib/leaderboard.html?game=6)), and @Markais is ~~training~~ killing it on the post-jam one ([leaderboard here](https://loveteit.fr/lib/leaderboard.html?game=7))? :sweat_smile:

(the post-jam one is __definitely__ more balanced for scoring)

nestral 2024-04-24 15:11

@colisan oh i didnt notice there was a post-jam update lol thanks. btw mark is just gonna win it all what do i do

jin9310 2024-04-26 14:41

153 is not bad I would say... but I definitelly want moreeee :D So awesome idea, just love it! The online score is great touch. There is no neeed to say more. Now lets get back to beating others

coderaurus 2024-04-27 17:00

Great game. Overall audio visuals are well made and the game feels challenging yet fair.

Very solid entry, one of the favorites. Good job!

tomssuli 2024-04-30 17:57

Very good game! It becomes addictive when you get the gist of it.

To me it felt polished and complete. Pixelart was cute and macabre at the same time and the idea of piling humans was brilliant. The pounding drums and the ever rising lava kept the pressure on all the time. Score list motivated me to try to beat at least the lowest scores.

It was also easy to tell what to do after eyeing through the ludum page.

Great job, I have nothing bad to say about this game :sweat_smile:

zimny11 2024-05-05 06:42

Congrats!

ege-e 2024-05-06 17:01

\>170 is my peak for now :P Really good game once I figured out I need to press W instead of spacebar to jump. (I'm not a read-description-first person.) It captures the feeling of having to place bridges very carefully in Nether, Minecraft sometimes. Procedural generations is also not your friend but it doesn't really undermine the overall fun I get.